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Gospel at the Symphony February 22, 2020.............................................11

Spinning Disks: LO's Long Playing Legacy of Creating New Music................................16

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WELCOME Dear Friends, Welcome to the Fifth Annual Festival of American Music. We share this splendid mix of premiere Louisville talent and remarkable guest artists in the once-in-a-lifetime musical experience in each of the performances of the Festival. As President of the LO Board of Directors, I am honored to share the news that Carnegie Hall has selected the Louisville Orchestra to perform on its orchestral series next season. This performance, scheduled for February 20, 2021, will mark our third visit to classical music’s most distinguished venue. Ticket information will be announced this summer, but we can share that the program will include Copland’s Appalachian Spring performed with the Louisville Ballet, and The Order of Nature with Jim James, works that were part of previous Festival of American Music concerts here in Louisville. Following our performance of “Gospel at the Symphony” on Saturday, February 22, we will announce the full 2020-21 season. Everyone is welcome to the post-concert lobby celebration to hear details of the upcoming season. Louisville Orchestra staff members will be on hand renew your subscription and you can secure your seats that evening. As we head into the last few months of our 2019-20 season, I hope you are as proud of our Orchestra and Teddy Abrams as I and the LO Board are. So, I urge you to help us meet the fundraising goals of this season. Your gift to our annual campaign is so very important. Please talk to a board member or any staff member to learn about the benefits of giving. Thank you for keeping the Louisville Orchestra innovative, accessible, and of course, the most interesting orchestra on the planet. Enjoy the performance!

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T E D D Y A B R A M S , M U S I C D I R E C TO R TEDDY ABRAMS is the widelyacclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra and the Britt Festival Orchestra. As an advocate for the power of music, Abrams has fostered interdisciplinary collaborations with organizations including the Louisville Ballet, the Center for Interfaith Relations, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Speed Art Museum and the Folger Shakespeare Library. His rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero. Abrams’ work with the Louisville Orchestra has been profiled on CBS News Sunday Morning, NPR and in The Wall Street Journal. Abrams recently collaborated with Jim James, vocalist and guitarist for My Morning Jacket, on the song cycle "The Order of Nature," which they premiered with the Louisville Orchestra in 2018 and will perform with the National, Seattle, and Colorado Symphonies this season. Also in 2019-20, Abrams makes his debut as guest conductor with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Sarasota Orchestra and returns to the San Francisco Symphony in his subscription debut. Highlights from the 2018-19 season included his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in a celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary at the Kennedy Center on what would have been his 100th birthday and engagements with the Utah, Wichita, Eugene and Elgin Symphonies, and the Sun Valley Music Festival. Recent guest conducting highlights include engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Houston, Milwaukee, Vancouver, and Phoenix Symphonies; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Florida Orchestra. He has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with the Indianapolis Symphony and recently

conducted them with Time for Three for a special recorded for PBS. He served as Assistant Conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2012-2014. From 2008 to 2011, Abrams was the Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of the New World Symphony. An accomplished pianist and clarinetist, Abrams has appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras—including playconducting the Ravel Piano Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphonies and the Jacksonville—and has performed chamber music with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Menahem Pressler, Gilbert Kalish, and John Adams. Dedicated to exploring new and engaging ways to communicate with a diverse range of audiences, Abrams co-founded the Sixth Floor Trio in 2008. They continue to tour regularly throughout the U.S. Abrams was a protégé of Michael Tilson Thomas from the age of 11 and studied conducting with Otto-Werner Mueller and Ford Lallerstedt at the Curtis Institute of Music and with David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival; he was the youngest conducting student ever accepted at both institutions. Abrams is also a passionate educator. His 2009 Education Concerts with the New World Symphony (featuring the world premiere of one of Abrams’ own orchestral works) was webcast to hundreds of schools throughout South Florida. Abrams performed as a keyboardist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, won the 2007 Aspen Composition Contest and was the Assistant Conductor of the YouTube Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 2009. He has held residencies at the La Mortella music festival in Ischia, Italy, and at the American Academy in Berlin. Teddy was a proud member of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra for seven seasons and graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music, having studied piano with Paul Hersh.

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THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, 2019-2020 Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster Julia Noone, Assistant Concertmaster Katheryn S. Ohkubo Cheri Lyon Kelley Mrs. John H. Clay Chair Stephen Taylor Scott Staidle Nancy Staidle Heather Thomas Patricia Fong-Edwards SECOND VIOLIN Robert Simonds, Principal * Alexander Gonzalez, Interim Principal Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal Maria Semes Andrea Daigle Charles Brestel James McFadden-Talbot Judy Pease Wilson Blaise Poth Cynthia Burton VIOLA Jack Griffin, Principal Evan Vicic, Assistant Principal Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Chair Clara Markham Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr. Chair Jennifer Shackleton Jonathan Mueller Virginia Kershner Schneider Viola Chair, Endowed in Honor of Emilie Strong Smith by an Anonymous Donor Meghan Casper

CELLO Nicholas Finch, Principal Lillian Pettitt, Assistant Principal Carole C. Birkhead Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead Christina Hinton Allison Olsen Lindy Tsai Julia Preston BASS Bert Witzel, Principal * Patricia Docs Robert Docs Karl Olsen, Acting Assistant Principal Jarrett Fankhauser Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation Michael Chmilewski FLUTE Kathleen Karr, Principal Elaine Klein Chair Jake Chabot Donald Gottlieb Philip M. Lanier Chair PICCOLO Donald Gottlieb Alvin R. Hambrick Chair OBOE Alexander Vvedenskiy, Principal Betty Arrasmith Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra Trevor Johnson ENGLISH HORN Trevor Johnson CLARINET Andrea Levine, Principal Brown-Forman Corp. Chair Robert Walker Ernest Gross Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle, Jr. Chair

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BASS CLARINET Ernest Gross BASSOON Matthew Karr, Principal Paul D. McDowell Chair Francisco J. Joubert Bernard HORN Jon Gustely, Principal Edith S. and Barry Bingham, Jr. Chair Diana Wade Morgen Gary and Sue Russell Chair Bruce Heim † Stephen Causey, Assistant Principal TRUMPET Alexander Schwarz, Principal Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra James Recktenwald, Assistant Principal Lynne A. Redgrave Chair Stacy Simpson † TROMBONE Donna Parkes, Principal Brett Shuster † BASS TROMBONE J. Bryan Heath TUBA Andrew Doub, Principal TIMPANI James Rago, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Dudley Musson Principal Timpani Chair PERCUSSION John Pedroja, Principal HARP Vivian Hsu † * On leave † Auxilliary Musician

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GOSPEL AT THE SYMPHONY Saturday, February 22, 2020 • 8PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Teddy Abrams, conductor | Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard | St. Stephen Church Choir

ACT I Julia PERRY

A Short Piece for Orchestra (7.5 min)

Stevie WONDER Arr. Nathan Farrington

Love’s in Need of Love Today (8 min) Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard

Cory HENRY Arr. Sam Hyken

Trade It All (7 min) Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard

Cory HENRY Arr. Sam Hyken

In the Water (8 min) Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard

Cory HENRY Arr. Sam Hyken

Just a Word (6.5 min) Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard

Marvin GAYE Arr. Gabriel Globus-Hoenich

Save the Children (4 min) Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard

Cory HENRY Arr. Sam Hyken

Send Me a Sign (5 min) Cory Henry, vocals + organ/keyboard

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Traditional Arr. André Wilson

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (5 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

Kevin JAMES Arr. André Wilson

Worthy of All of the Praise (5.5 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

Traditional Arr. André Wilson

God is Worthy (5 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

Jason CLAYBORN Arr. André Wilson

You’re All I Need (5.5 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

Traditional Arr. André Wilson

Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around (5.5) St. Stephen Church Choir

Richard SMALLWOOD Arr. André Wilson

Anthem of Praise (7 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

Christopher J. WATKINS Arr. André Wilson

This Praise (6 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

Traditional Arr. André Wilson

Done Made My Vow (5.5 min) St. Stephen Church Choir

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Louisville Tourism. Guest Artist Sponsor: Cary Brown and Dr. Stephen Epstein. Additional support provided by Michael and Chandra Rudd. Please turn off all electronic devices before the concert begins. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. A U D I E N C E

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES CORY HENRY Cory Henry, Brooklyn NY native, is telling everybody he is on his way. He is a twotime Grammy Award-winning keyboardist with musical roots in gospel, jazz and soul. His instrument of choice is the Hammond B-3 organ. Henry’s 2016 release and touring project, The Revival, features his dynamic and improvisational performances of music ranging from old gospel to Stevie Wonder. Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles is his newest passion and project, comprised of five of the world’s best musicians, handpicked to bring his musical concepts to life. Cory is currently on tour with The Funk Apostles and has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, BBC’s Proms Quincy Jones Tribute, National Public Radio, and The New York Times Facebook Live with Erykah Badu, among other media outlets. His solo wizardry and charismatic nature have garnered millions of views via YouTube and other social platforms, giving birth to a rabid fan base excited for what’s to come. The upcoming selftitled Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles album exhibits his vocal talents and emphasizes the new sound and vibes he wants to innovate for the world to sing along with. “We are on our way. Tell Everybody. How many bodies? Everybody!” 12

ANDRÉ WILSON André Wilson is a graduate of the University of Louisville, where he received a Bachelor’s in Music Education and a Master’s in Music Composition. He has composed and arranged numerous compositions, which were performed by the Louisville Orchestra, University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra and many other ensembles. Several of his compositions were also professionally recorded on private labels, as well as the Centaur Recording Label. He has won numerous compositional awards throughout his professional career. Mr. Wilson is an accomplished musician, as well. He plays multiple instruments, but is mostly known as a saxophonist. His diversity in music genres ranges from Gospel and Jazz to Avant-garde and classical. He has played saxophone internationally for over thirty years. Wilson is an educator that has taught concert band for twenty-five years for JCPS. He has taught every year at Johnson Middle School, where his bands have received numerous Distinguished Ratings. The Louisville Defender recognized him with the Professional Achievement Award as an educator in 2008.

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S T. S T E P H E N C O M B I N E D C H O I R S ST. STEPHEN The St. Stephen combined choirs are a combination of five adult choirs that facilitate leading the St. Stephen Church congregation in its six weekend worship services at the church’s three campuses (Louisville, Jeffersonville, IN, and Radcliff, KY). For this collaborative event with the Louisville Orchestra, three of the five choirs have combined to showcase the joy, hope, love and genuine unexplained excitement exhibited through this awesome genre of Christian Music called “Gospel.” The St. Stephen Choir has represented the church nationally, in places such as Chicago, IL, Nashville, TN and Washington D.C. and for thirteen

"...three of the five choirs have combined to showcase the joy, hope, love and genuine unexplained excitement exhibited through this awesome genre of Christian Music called Gospel." years, internationally in Geneva, Zurich, and Basel, Switzerland. The three choirs performing together tonight are the Temple Choir, with Director Ms. Erica Taylor; the Zion Young Adult Choir, with Director Mr. Jason Clayborn; and the Tabernacle Choir, with Director Kevin B. James, who serves as the church’s Sr. Executive Minister of Music.

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Heather Jones Joyce Jones Zelda Jones Sonnie Judkins Mark Lacy Mary Laws Fannie Leslie Meca Lewis Shawn Lewis Brian Lofton Judy Martin Leslie Maxie Brenda McAlister DeSaintos McClain Katrice McClain Tammie McDaniel Eddie McKenzie Marian Menefee Devon Miller Juanita Mitchell Sherman Morrow Erika Norfleet Mona Page Tamara Page Cora Parham Napoleon Phillips Frank Polion Linda Pope Deborah Porter Bobbie PowellGolder Rhonda Presley Le'Ron Rainey Charles Ralston Mary Reynolds Yvonne Roberts Titus Robertson Artemesia Sangester Aaliyah Simpson Gerald Smith

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SPINNING DISKS LO’S LONG PLAYING LEGACY OF CREATING NEW MUSIC Part 1 of a 3-part series | by Bill Doolittle

Teddy Abrams with Sam Hodges in April 2019.

On the day Teddy Abrams was

introduced as the new music director of the Louisville Orchestra in 2014, he said a big part of his vision for the symphony would be to rekindle a legacy of the past—the Louisville Orchestra’s pioneering efforts in commissioning, performing, and recording new musical works by contemporary composers. Sam Hodges, a lifelong Louisville Orchestra fan, was listening. Hodges, who just turned 92 and is still attending Louisville Orchestra concerts, had been around in the era when 16

the orchestra and conductor Robert Whitney staked out an important spot on the musical map by doing what no other American symphony was doing—commissioning new works, bringing the composers to Louisville to conduct their pieces, then recording those compositions on the exciting new musical medium of high-fidelity Long Playing (LP) records. That all began in 1947, and the effort gained the young Louisville Orchestra (founded just a decade before) excellent national recognition leading to stories in New York newspapers and live

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SPINNING DISKS Hodges was always a fan, beginning as a music major at the University of Louisville and through a career as a public school teacher and instructor of music at U of L. He attended nearly every concert, and sometimes was on hand on Saturdays when the orchestra recorded. “That was one of the best things about it,” says Hodges. “You’d hear the new composition, then hear it again for three weeks before they recorded it – so you’d get to know the music, really learn it." “Then in a few weeks, another new record would arrive in the mail.”

Robert Whitney with First Edition Record.

appearances on the NBC and CBS radio networks. Soon the symphony’s pioneering musical efforts were being broadcast around the world on the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. The orchestra began with four to five new commissions each season, specified to be about 10-12 minutes in length. By 1952 it had signed a 12-record deal with Columbia Records. Then in 1954 the Louisville Orchestra hit the jackpot when it won a $400,000 Rockefeller Foundation grant. It was soon premiering a new work each week, in 46-week seasons— a separate series from its regular subscription concert schedule. The new compositions were recorded on its own First Edition label. “The way they’d do it,” recalls Hodges, “is the orchestra would play a new work each week, as well as repeating the three previous weeks compositions, then record usually three or four at one time.”

Long after the 1950s, Teddy Abrams was growing up in the San Francisco Bay area and preparing for a musical career when he came across some of the Louisville Orchestra recordings and became an avid listener. So on day one in Louisville, Abrams was talking about his personal memories of those Louisville Orchestra recordings. And on day two (or not that long afterward) Hodges decided to give Abrams his entire collection of Louisville Orchestra records and CDs – a complete set containing over 300 new compositions by American and international composers. “I was thinking Teddy Abrams would be the perfect person to have those recordings right at his elbow for research – and maybe even re-program some of them,” says Hodges. “He was very appreciative." “And,” Hodges smiles, “maybe a little at a loss for words. Which isn’t like Teddy!” But not at a loss for long. Since his inaugural season with the Louisville Orchestra in 2014, Abrams has fueled his fervor for supporting

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SPINNING DISKS " Abrams wrote a song for the funeral of Louisville’s own Muhammad Ali—and that gave a start to a major orchestral presentation celebrating Ali’s life. Admirers of Ali loved the show, and so did critics." contemporary composers (himself included), and contemporary performers. The first piece of music on his first Classics concert was his own, Overture in Sonata Form, which was not a commission, nor a world premiere, but was dedicated to both the Louisville Orchestra and the Britt Classical Festival where the work did make its debut. In 2016, Abrams wrote a song for the funeral of Louisville’s own Muhammad Ali—and that gave a start to a major orchestral presentation celebrating Ali’s life. Admirers of Ali loved the show, and so did critics. For Abram’s first album with the orchestra, the conductor/ composer collaborated with singer Storm Large on a mixed-set of new and established music called All In, released in 2017. In February 2019, the LO debuted Rachel Grimes’ The Way Forth.

And there’s more on the way, Abrams promises. "The Louisville Orchestra has an experience with recording that is special to our town and our orchestra," says Abrams. "We want to share the quality of our orchestra and the energy of our community by documenting adventurous projects we've commissioned and the unique relationships we have developed with artists. That's what recording is to us right now." NEXT in the series, we travel back in time to discover the origins of the Louisville Orchestra’s magical association with contemporary composers and new music in “The Musician and the Mayor.”

Taking a different direction, Abrams created a piece called Song of the River, commissioned by Louisville arts patron Nana Lampton. Both Lampton and Abrams have offices on Main Street with views of the mile-wide Ohio River, and that majestic visage became the inspiration for Song of the River featuring singer Morgan James. Most recently, Teddy and the LO released an album called The Order of Nature: A Song Cycle, by Abrams and Jim James. 18

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

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FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC Friday, March 13, 2020 • 11AM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Teddy Abrams, conductor | Norah Jones, vocals/piano Jacob Duncan, composer/alto saxophone • Jecorey Arthur, vocals Jason Clayborn, vocals • Haley De Witt, vocals • Tyler Dippold, vocals JD Green, vocals • Carly Johnson, vocals • JD Allen, tenor saxophone Marlin McKay, trumpet • Gabe Evens, piano John Hamar, double bass • Michael Hyman, drums

Jacob DUNCAN

War Prayers (20 min) Based on a short story by Mark Twain Haley DeWitt, Michael Hyman, JD Allen, Jacob Duncan, Marlin McKay, Gabe Evens Somnambulist in America (18 min) Text by Langston Hughes I. The Quiet Citizen II. The Libertine III. Political Science Jecorey Arthur, JD Green, Jason Clayborn, Michael Hyman, JD Allen Being (10 min)

Jacob DUNCAN

Norah Jones, JD Green, Jason Clayborn, Carly Johnson, Haley De Witt, Tyler Dippold, Michael Hyman, Jacob Duncan Lonely Lament (6 min)

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Jacob DUNCAN Horace SILVER

Norah Jones, JD Green, Jason Clayborn, Carly Johnson, Haley De Witt, Tyler Dippold Nova Vita (6 min) Jason Clayborn, Haley De Witt, Tyler Dippold, JD Green, Carly Johnson Peace (6 min) Norah Jones

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Louisville Tourism. Additional support provided by Hotel Disitl.

Please turn off all electronic devices before the concert begins. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. A U D I E N C E

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

SIGNATURE CLASSICS SERIES SPONSOR

FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC Saturday, March 14, 2020 • 8PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Teddy Abrams, conductor | Norah Jones, vocals/piano Jacob Duncan, composer/alto saxophone • Jecorey Arthur, vocals Jason Clayborn, vocals • Haley De Witt, vocals • Tyler Dippold, vocals JD Green, vocals • Carly Johnson, vocals • JD Allen, tenor saxophone Marlin McKay, trumpet• Gabe Evens, piano John Hamar, double bass • Michael Hyman, drums

ACT I Mason BATES

Art of War (25 min) I. Money as a Weapons System II. Two Worlds III. On the March

INTERMISSION (20 minutes)

ACT II

Jacob DUNCAN

War Prayers (20 min) Based on a short story by Mark Twain Haley DeWitt, Michael Hyman, JD Allen, Jacob Duncan, Marlin McKay, Gabe Evens

Jacob DUNCAN

Somnambulist in America (18 min) Text by Langston Hughes I. The Quiet Citizen II. The Libertine III. Political Science Jecorey Arthur, JD Green, Jason Clayborn, Michael Hyman, JD Allen

Jacob DUNCAN

Being (10 min) Norah Jones, JD Green, Jason Clayborn, Carly Johnson, Haley De Witt, Tyler Dippold, Michael Hyman, Jacob Duncan

Jacob DUNCAN

Lonely Lament (6 min) Norah Jones, JD Green, Jason Clayborn, Carly Johnson, Haley De Witt, Tyler Dippold

Jacob DUNCAN

Nova Vita (6 min) Jason Clayborn, Haley De Witt, Tyler Dippold, JD Green, Carly Johnson

Horace SILVER

Peace (6 min) Norah Jones

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Louisville Tourism. Please turn off all electronic devices before the concert begins. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. A U D I E N C E

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NORAH JONES Norah Jones first emerged on the world stage with the February 2002 release of Come Away With Me, her self-described “moody little record” that introduced a singular new voice and grew into a global phenomenon, sweeping the 2003 GRAMMY Awards. Norah has sold 50 million albums worldwide and has become a nine-time GRAMMY-winner.

She has released a series of criticallyacclaimed solo albums—Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), The Fall (2009), Little Broken Hearts (2012), and Day Breaks (2016)—as well as albums with her collective bands The Little Willies and Puss N Boots. The 2010 compilation ...Featuring Norah Jones showcased her incredible versatility by collecting her collaborations with artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Outkast, Herbie Hancock, and Foo Fighters. With Day Breaks, Norah returned to her jazz roots while also proving her to be this era’s quintessential American artist, the purveyor of an unmistakably unique sound that weaves together the threads of several bedrock styles of American music: country, folk, rock, soul, jazz. Most recently, Jones released a series of eclectic singles including collaborations with artists and friends such as Jeff Tweedy, Thomas Bartlett, Brian Blade, Tarriona Tank Ball, Mavis Staples, and Rodrigo Amarante. The 2019 singles collection Begin Again gathered seven snapshots of creativity from one of the music world’s most versatile and consistently intriguing artists.

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JACOB DUNCAN Jacob Duncan was inspired to play jazz on the alto saxophone at age ten after repeated listens to Sonny Rollins’ Live at the Village Vanguard. While playing on Ohio River steamboats and in nightclubs as a teenager, Duncan encountered jazz’s true identity—the classical music of the United States and the narrative of its integration. Immediately, the improvisatory and conversational nature of jazz afforded him continual opportunities for composition and arrangement in realtime. A songwriter and bandleader, he has released critically-acclaimed jazz albums The Busker and It’s Alright to Dream, as well as two albums with his avant-pop group Liberation Prophecy. Additionally, he has collaborated as an arranger and improvisor with multiple well-known pop, jazz, and classical artists such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Norah Jones, Rachel Grimes, JD Allen, and John Goldsby. Previously, his compositions for a large ensemble have been performed by Orchestra Enigmatic. He is thrilled to be telling stories with the Louisville Orchestra and all of the guests who are helping the sound in his heart come into reality.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES JECOREY ARTHUR Jecorey "1200" Arthur is an award-winning teacher, musician, and activist from Louisville, KY. He earned the nickname “1200” after teaching himself to produce hip hop on a KORG D-1200 studio at age 12. A decade later he became a classically trained musician, earning his BME and MAT at the University of Louisville. 1200 has taught at Boys and Girls Clubs of America, De Montfort University, and the 92nd Street Y; performed with the Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Nashville, Columbus, and Oregon Symphony Orchestras; and provided workshops, lectures, and content educating people about the conditions of Black America. 1200 is currently Music Education Manager (Louisville Public Media), Professor of Percussion Studies (Simmons College of Kentucky, School of Music), ADOS Director (Ida B. Wells ADOS Center for Social Justice), Artist Roster Member (Inner-City Muslim Action Network), and Genius Fellow (Black Male Engagement). You can follow him online at @1200LLC. JASON CLAYBORN Jason Clayborn's gospel music roots run deep. His grandmother, Wilma Clayborn was the first female gospel music disc jockey in Louisville. At an early age Clayborn was singing and playing drums in the local church and in the National Convention of Gospels Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC). He was nominated for three Gospel Music Association awards, and a Stellar Award. 24

Clayborn composed many hit songs including: "I Worship You" for VaShawn Mitchell, "Get Me Thru" for Wess Morgan, "I Survived It" for Ricky Dillard, and "Better" for Hezekiah Walker which peaked at number one on the Billboard charts and garnered nominations for a Dove Award (Won), Stellar Award, Soultrain Award, Billboard Award, and a Grammy Award. Clayborn founded The Atmosphere Changers, a gospel music choir who recently performed at the 100th Anniversary of the Metro United Way. In February of 2019, Clayborn rejoined Tyscot Records with The Atmosphere Changers, and their single, “Praise Belongs to You” is on wide rotation on gospel radio stations across the country. HALEY DE WITT Haley De Witt is a proud native of Louisville, Kentucky. She most recently appeared with the Louisville Orchestra as a “golden girl” in Michael Tilson Thomas’ Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind. She has been a featured soloist in the LO’s performances of Bernstein’s Mass and Monteverdi’s Vespers and with Bourbon Baroque in Handel’s Messiah. On the opera stage, she has appeared in roles including Laurette (Le Docteur Miracle), Laurie (The Tenderland), and Despina (Così fan tutte). Ms. De Witt has been a member of the Louisville Chamber Choir since its inception in 2013 and has enjoyed the choir’s many collaborations with the Louisville Orchestra. She was Apprentice Studio Artist at Kentucky Opera for the 2017-2018 season and completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the

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TYLER DIPPOLD Tyler Dippold is grateful to sing with the Louisville Orchestra once again! In recent years, this “very able” baritone was featured in LO performances like Bernstein’s Mass (Rock Vocalist #1) and singing with 1200 (BGVs). Other cherished local credits include: The Last 5 Years (Jamie), Evil Dead (Ed), Titanic (Etches), Into the Woods (Rapunzel's Prince), and Dogfight (Lounge Singer). As a vocal scholar at U of L, he studied with Chad Sloan and competed internationally with the Cardinal Singers. In recital, he enjoys performing art songs by recent LO performer Gabriel Kahane. He also volunteers as the PR & Marketing chairman for Orchestra Enigmatic. After finishing his BA in Music Therapy, clinical internship, and board-certification, Mr. Dippold works as a music therapist for Personal Counseling Service in southern Indiana. He'd like to thank Jacob for his friendship and guidance and for the chance to sing with Norah Jones.

After library hours, you can find JD singing afrobeat with The Afrophysicists, rocking with Steely Danish, or serving up her own entrancing blend of jazz, soul, and powerful vocal improvisation at venues, live jams, and workshops around the region. Featured musical performances include the Louisville Music Awards (2019), The Moth Grand Slam (2018), guest performances at Forecastle, and frequent musical collaboration as part of Motherlodge Live Arts Exchanges, the Louisville Accord, and other communityenriching experiments.

JD GREEN Yalonda JD Green, PhD is a vocalist, poet, improviser, and all-around creative Jane from Detroit. As children's "librarylady," she combines herselves as performer, educator, and literacy hypewoman with the Louisville Free Public Library. Combining vocal jazz and other song elements in her storytelling have garnered JD a few monikers–The

JD lives, works, and jams in Louisville, KY. CARLY JOHNSON Carly Johnson received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2007. She returned home to Louisville and started performing as a jazz vocal/ guitar duo with critically acclaimed guitarist Craig Wagner. In 2014, they received the Louisville Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year. Since then, Ms. Johnson has been performing her original music around Louisville, nationally and in Europe with her 8-piece band. She’s had the joy and honor of collaborating and working with several greats, including, Jacob Duncan and his folk-fusion band Liberation Prophecy, Teddy Abrams & The Louisville Orchestra, My Morning Jacket, Houndmouth, Norah Jones and Will Oldham. Fusing her musical education with her love and reverence for rock, soul, and pop music, her soon-to-be-released debut solo album of original music, Pink & Gold, will be released this spring 2020.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES JD ALLEN Tenor saxophonist JD Allen was influenced by the great musicians in Detroit, but upon his arrival in New York City, his real apprenticeship began. He worked with such notables as George Cables, Betty Carter, and Wallace Roney. His contemporary collaborators include Winard Harper, Meshell Ndegeocello and Dave Douglas.

Mr. Allen had three records on the Sunnyside label: I Am I Am, Shine!, and Victory!, which was number three in NPR’s Top Twenty Albums of 2011. Since then he has released an album annually, each met with critical acclaim. The New York Times said his most recent album, Barracoon “…a fresh vitality courses through the record…” and All About Jazz claims “Barracoon frames Allen as a leader, a storyteller, and a historian.” MARLIN MCKAY Marlin McKay, trumpet, is a jazz recording artist who early in his career garnered a reputation for delivering captivating

Mr. Allen's debut recording (Criss Cross label), In Search Of..., won an award for Best New Artist in Italy. His second release, Pharoah's Children, was a Jazziz magazine critics pick as a Top Ten Album of the Year in 2002.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES solos as a member of the critically acclaimed Baker Band. An active performer, recording artist, clinician/adjudicator, McKay has appeared at jazz clubs and music festivals throughout the U.S. and was recently invited to teach and perform in Costa Rica as part of a cultural exchange collaboration with Eastern Kentucky University. He has recorded two albums for the Nostalgic Records recording label: Deep in the Cosmos and The Look. McKay received his Masters of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the Jacob’s School of Music at Indiana University. McKay joined the music faculty at Kentucky State University in 2015 as an Artist in Residence and serves as Assistant Professor of Music – High Brass.

GABE EVENS Gabe Evens is the Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano, Composition and Arranging at the University of Louisville's Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program. He has performed throughout the United States and in Malaysia, Singapore, and Spain, and has played with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Miami City Ballet Orchestra, and the UNT One O’Clock Lab Band. Evens has seven CDs of original music and has had numerous compositions performed by chamber and large

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KENTUCKY AUTHOR FORUM PRESENTS

MARCH 9, 2020

AMARYLLIS FOX

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PETER AND THE WOLF The giant puppets of Squallis Puppeteers join the Louisville Orchestra on stage for a delightful telling of the family favorite tale of Peter, the Wolf, the Grandfather, and the entire cast of musical characters.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ensembles including the Louisville Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica de Loja, the Cape Symphony Orchestra, and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Evens is a faculty member of the prestigious Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops, a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, holds an MA in Jazz Piano Performance from the University of Miami, and a DMA in Performance with a major in Jazz Studies (composition emphasis) from the University of North Texas. JON HAMAR Jon Hamar is a versatile artist whose ability to find a tasteful, unique voice in any musical situation has made him a staple in the music scene. Hamar’s work ethic and discipline have kept him busy over his career that spans more than twenty years. Mr. Hamar earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Double Bass Performance from Eastern Washington University then continued on to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York where he graduated with a Master’s degree in Jazz and Contemporary Media in 2001. In 2015 Hamar joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee where he is currently Assistant Professor of Bass at the Nathalie L. Haslam School of Music in Knoxville, Tennessee. Hamar joined the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra in

July of 2018. Both ensembles will release new albums in 2020 beginning with the Jeff Hamilton Trio in February. MICHAEL HYMAN Michael Hyman is a Louisville native whose professional career has spanned over 50 years. Although based in jazz, his accomplishments as a drummer cross many genres. It all began in the basement of world renowned educator Jamey Abersold, where at the age of 10, he would play and learn almost daily. The road life came early. At 17, Michael began touring with Joe Henderson, a relationship that spanned 20 years of performing and recording. Mr. Hyman then picked up with Gerry Mulligan's small big band for a while before he joined Gary Burton's quartet. During that time, he spent a summer with Stan Getz, which included performing at Carnegie Hall. Around New York City, he was involved with Peter Duchin, Ronnie Spector and renowned author Lester Bangs’ punk band The Rattlers. Later, he became more involved in playing the blues, touring and recording with Grammy award winners Maria Muldaur and slide guitarist Roy Rogers. Currently, Mr. Hyman teaches jazz studies at the University of Louisville and performs with many of Louisville's greatest including Carly Johnson, Will Oldham, and our guest artist tonight Jacob Duncan.

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LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA 2019-2020 BOARD of DIRECTORS Mr. John P. Malloy, Chair + Mr. Lee Kirkwood, Chair-Elect + Mr. James S. Welch, Jr., Immediate Past Chair + Mrs. Ritu Furlan, Treasurer + Mr. Timothy L. Peace, Secretary + Mr. Andrew Fleischman, General Council + Mr. Bruce Roth, Governance, Committee Chair +

The Honorable Jerry Abramson Mrs. Carole Birkhead* Mrs. Christina Brown Mr. Christopher Coffman Mr. Christopher Doane Mrs. Kendra Foster + Mr. Bert Griffin Mrs. Paula Harshaw Mrs. Carol Hebel*+ Ms. Wendy Hyland Mr. Scott Justice Mr. Brian Kane Mrs. Beth Keyes Mr. Don Kohler, Jr. Mrs. Karen Lawrence Mr. Joseph Miller Mr. Guy Montgomery Mrs. Mona Newell+

Dr. Teresa Reed Mr. R. Ryan Rogers Mr. Alex Rorke Mr. Michael D. Rudd Mrs. Medora Safai Mr. Kenneth Sales Mrs. Denise Schiller+ Mrs. Winona Shiprek*+ Mr. Gary Sloboda Mr. William Summers, V Mrs. Susan Von Hoven+ Mrs. Mary Ellen Wiederwohl+ Mr. Robert H. Wimsatt * denotes Life Member + denotes Executive Committee

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel Koch, Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Matthew Feldman, Director of Artistic Operations Adrienne Hinkebein, Orchestra Personnel Manager Alissa Brody, Artistic Coordinator and Assistant to the Music Director Jake Cunningham, Operations Manager Bill Polk, Stage Manager Chris Skyles, Librarian

LEARNING & COMMUNITY

Blake-Anthony Johnson, Director of Learning and Community Jennifer Baughman, Learning and Community Coordinator

ADVANCEMENT

Joanne Caridis, Director of Individual Giving Courtney Glenny, Director of Corporate Partnerships Carla Givan Motes, Director of Patron Services Edward W. Schadt, Director of Leadership Giving Michelle Winters, Director of Marketing Kevin Brost, Patron Services Associate

Stephen Koller, Graphic Design Manager Taylor Morgan, Patron Advancement Manager Heather Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara, Marketing and Public Relations Manager Shane Wood, Patron Systems Manager

FINANCE

Tonya McSorley, Chief Financial Officer CaSandra Zabenco, Controller Cheri Reinbold, Staff Accountant Kim Davidson, Receptionist / Accounts Payable Clerk Angela Pike, Receptionist

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, INC . EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Mona Sturgeon Newell, President Randi Austin, VP Communications Liz Rorke & Lindsay Vallandingham, VP Education Co-Chairs Markie Baxter Ruth Scully & Suzanne Spencer, VP Hospitality Co-Chairs Marguerite Rowland, VP Membership

Michele Oberst, VP Ways and Means

ALO BOARD of DIRECTORS

Carolyn Marlowe, Recording Secretary

Pam Brashear Helen Davis Janet Falk Margie Harbst Paula Harshaw Sara Huggins Peg Irvin Jeanne James Marcia Murphy Nancy Naxera Dottie Nix Roycelea Scott Amy Sloboda Mollie Smith Harriet Treitz Carol Whayne Suzanne Whayne

Sue Bench, Corresponding Secretary Ann Decker, Treasurer Rita Bell Parliamentarian Carol Hebel, Winona Shiprek, & Anne Tipton, President's Appointments

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Mary Anne Arnold

UPTEMPO STEERING COMMIT TEE Lauren Songer, President

Frank Austin, Secretary

Staci Campton, Past-President

Colin Blake Neil Curtis Brian Goodwin

Derek Miles, Treasurer

Nathaniel Gravely Ben Moore Jonathan Mueller Thomas Neirynck Khoa Nguyan

Michael Oldiges Colin Triplett Evan Vicic Maud Welch

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T H E AT R E S E R V I C E S COURTESY • As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off all audible message systems. Those who expect emergency calls, please check your beepers at the main lobby coat check and report your seat location to the attendant. • The emergency phone number to leave with babysitters or message centers is (502) 562-0128. Be sure to leave your theater and seat number for easy location. • Binoculars are now for rent in the lobby for select performances. Rental is $5 per binocular. An ID must be left as a deposit. • Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theaters. • Latecomers will be seated at appropriate breaks in the program, as established by each performing group. Please be considerate of your fellow audience members during performances. Please remain seated after the performance until the lights are brought up. • Children should be able to sit in a seat quietly throughout the performance. • To properly enforce fire codes, everyone attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair accessible seating at The Kentucky Center is available on every seating and parking level, as well as ticket counters and personal conveniences at appropriate heights. Infrared hearing devices are available to provide hearing amplification for patrons with hearing disabilities in all spaces of The Kentucky Center and Brown Theatre, including meeting spaces. Audio Description is available for selected performances for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Caption Theater is available for selected performances as a service for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Please make reservations for services at the time you purchase your ticket through the Box Office to ensure the best seating location for the service requested. Call (502) 566-5111 (V), (502) 566-5140 (TTY) or email access@kentuckycenter.org for more information about the range of accessibility options we offer, or to receive this information in an alternate format.

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